On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 11:30:06 AM UTC-4, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
From a report of the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch:
The operator had suspended operations for several months due to
Covid-19 restrictions, and prior to the incident flight the
reservation system from which the load sheet was produced had
been upgraded. There was a fault in the system which, when a
female passenger checked in for the flight and used or was given
the title ‘Miss’, caused the system checked her in as a child.
The system allocated them a child’s standard weight of 35 kg as
opposed to the correct female standard weight of 69 kg. Consequently,
with 38 females checked in incorrectly and misidentified as
children, the G-TAWG takeoff mass from the load sheet was 1,244 kg
below the actual mass of the aircraft.
...
The incident occurred due to a simple flaw in the programming of
the IT system, which was due to the meaning of the title ‘Miss’
being interpreted by the system as a child and not an adult female.
This was because in the country where the system was programmed,
Miss is a child and Ms is an adult female.
What country might that be? India?
In what country are women automatically labeled "Miss"?
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/604f423be90e077fdf88493f/Boeing_737-8K5_G-TAWG_04-21.pdf
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 11:30:06 AM UTC-4, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
From a report of the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch:
The operator had suspended operations for several months due to Covid-19 >> restrictions, and prior to the incident flight the reservation system from
which the load sheet was produced had been upgraded. There was a fault in >> the system which, when a female passenger checked in for the flight and used
or was given the title ‘Miss’, caused the system checked her in as a >> child. The system allocated them a child’s standard weight of 35 kg as >> opposed to the correct female standard weight of 69 kg. Consequently, with
38 females checked in incorrectly and misidentified as children, the G-TAWG
takeoff mass from the load sheet was 1,244 kg below the actual mass of the
aircraft.
...
The incident occurred due to a simple flaw in the programming of the IT >> system, which was due to the meaning of the title ‘Miss’ being interpreted
by the system as a child and not an adult female. This was because in the >> country where the system was programmed, Miss is a child and Ms is an adult
female.
What country might that be? India?
In what country are women automatically labeled "Miss"?
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/604f423be90e077fdf88493f/Boeing_737-8K5_G-TAWG_04-21.pdf
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